Anxiety?? Intuition?? Normal?
 

I seem to be having anxiety again, waking up at night with my heart pounding, worrying about things for hours. Have that anxious feeling in my chest all day. I have had this in the past but thought it was gone for good! I am taking Prozac and have had no anxiety issues while on it.

However, a couple of things are going on right now: First, my mother-in-law was just diagnosed with advanced metastacized ovarian cancer about a week and a half ago, which of course I am upset about. Second, she asked my husband and I to go and see a marriage counsellor and work on our marriage as her possibly dying request (I wasn't ready to go to one - we've already been to several in the past).

And Third, I am starting a full-time job on Monday for the first time since I have had children and am worried about how our home life will be now that they will be in both early care and after care.

Logically, I know there is nothing I can do about my mother-in-law's health, and I am going along with going to the counsellor to honor her wishes, and my children have already started after care this week and seem fine with it. So why am I having such extreme anxiety? Do I need to call the doctor and ask for an anti-anxiety medication?

Wow. You have a lot on your mind these days. Any one of those things would be a pretty big burden. You have three of them. I think your anxiety is completely within reason. I do think you should talk to your doctor about what you are feeling right now.

I hope things even out for your soon.